Bringing out some heavy hitters. As festival season begins to slowly wind down for the year and winter creeps in, events around the country are focusing their sights on 2026. Recently, we’ve seen the likes of major country festivals such as Two Step Inn, Stagecoach, Buckeye Country Superfest and Jackalope Jamboree announce their lineups. One major festival that was missing, however, was none other than Tortuga Music Festival. After booking the likes of Luke Combs, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson, Tim McGraw, Chris Stapleton and more over the past decade, the expectations were fairly high heading into 2026 for the Florida-based festival. Preparing for their 13th annual beachfront celebration of the genre and its biggest stars, Tortuga announced this morning their 2026 lineup featuring Kenny Chesney, Riley Green and Post Malone as headliners. Once again, Tortuga Music Festival will be held on the sandy shores of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on April 10-12. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tortuga Music Festival (@tortugamusicfestival) Like most mainstream festivals, the rest of the festival’s performers are a bit of a mixed bag. There’s a good mix of modern greats and former stars, highlighted by the likes of Dwight Yoakam, Clay Walker, Flatland Cavalry, Lukas Nelson, Shane Smith & the Saints, Buffalo Traffic Jam, Cole Goodwin, The Band Loula, The Jack Wharff Band and more. With that being said, however, there are a few duds present throughout the lineup, highlighted mainly by Ice Cube (because every country festival nowadays needs a has-been rapper), Russell Dickerson, Tyler Hubbard, Dustin Lynch and Graham Barham of “Oil Money” infamy. Chesney, who is making his fifth headlining appearance at the festival and even performed at its inaugural year in 2013, couldn’t contain his excitement for the event, noting the sandy beaches of  Ft. Lauderdale are the perfect venue for his show. “I love everything about Tortuga, starting with that very first year! To be on the Atlantic Ocean with all that beach, the sea to one side and A1A to the other is everything this music is made of—and the people who’ve been coming out every time we’ve played there are my kind of people. Work hard, play harder and have fun while loving everyone in the space is a good way to be, and I can’t wait to get there next April.”  Alumni presale for previous attendees of the festival begins today at 12 p.m. ET, with public on sale beginning this Saturday, October 18th, at 10 a.m. ET. Additionally, Vibee Hotel packages for the three-day festival are on sale now. Three-day general admission, general admission plus, VIP, super VIP, hotel and the all-inclusive Captain’s Cabanas packages are all available for purchase with standard general admission starting at $335. Proceeds from ticket sales will also go towards Tortuga’s parent company, Rock The Ocean’s, ocean conservation initiative, which has already raised $6 million over the past 12 years. Tortuga Music Festival 2026 Performers Afroman Graham Barham Chayce Beckham The Band Loula Colbie Caillat Ashley Cooke Preston Cooper Adam David Russell Dickerson Hunter Flynn Flatland Cavalry The Fray Cole Goodwin Solon Holt Tyler Hubbard Greylan James Uncle Kracker Mary Kutter Lakeview G. Love Special Sauce Dustin Lynch McCoy Moore Lukas Nelson Elizabeth Nichols Emily Ann Roberts Owen Riegling DJ Rock Josh Ross Rhys Rutherford Dee Jay Silver Amanda Shires Shane Smith and the Saints Sons of Legion Brittney Spencer Surfer Girl Buffalo Traffic Jam Chandler Walters Clay Walker Jack Wharff Band Brandon Wisham The Wheeland Brothers Dwight Yoakam The post Kenny Chesney, Riley Green & Post Malone To Headline Tortuga Music Festival 2026 first appeared on Whiskey Riff.